Uruk King List: historiographical document from ancient Babylonia, mentioning the length of the reigns of several kings from Kandalanu (r.647-627) to the Seleucid king Seleucus II Callinicus (r.246-226/225).
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Sextus Varius Marcellus (c.165-c.215): Roman aristocrat from Apamea in Syria, husband of Julia Soaemias, father of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus (218-222).
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Gaius Velius Rufus (before 40 - after 96): Roman officer and war hero from the Flavian age.Gaius Velius Rufus is best known from an inscription that was discovered at the Great Court in front of the temple of Jupiter Optimus…
Viatorinus: fourth-century Roman soldier, killed in action in a fight with the Franks.
Tombstone of Viatorinus
The fourth-century tombstone of Viatorinus was…
Wedjahor-Resne (died c. 515 BCE): Egyptian admiral, instrumental to the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt.
The naophorus of Wedjahor-Resne
The following Egyptian inscription…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.X Seals
(a)
1. Xšayâršâ
2. \ XŠ \ vazraka
The great king Xerxes
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1. adam \ Xšay
2. âršâ \ XŠ
I am king…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.X Vase
Inscription found on a fluted bowl and a jar that was excaveted in the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
Xšayâršâ…